Talk About Tennis 2.0

That's true. I did forget about the leg injury from Roland Garros.

On the other hand Bencic had no serious issues with Parks.

Both #3 seeds bounced in the first round. Who’d have thought?

And Gauff drops the first set to Yastremska, who does not compete badly when she is in a big stage.

Gauff has reached 4R+ for seven straight Slams, but now in great danger of R1 exit. Doesn't happen very often with reigning GS champions.

Coco out.
What a weird day

Suliso wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:57 pm Gauff has reached 4R+ for seven straight Slams, but now in great danger of R1 exit. Doesn't happen very often with reigning GS champions.

Historically it happened with this specific pair of slams more often than with the others. Or so it seems

Seeing as how Gauff did not really play well at Roland Garros besides competing incredibly hard, her disintegration on a surface that exposes her two glaring weaknesses was predictable against a streaky power player who can get really hot.

Gauff will be fine because she has a fantastic head on her shoulders and a great support group, but she still has a lot of work to do on her game. The American media idea that she had arrived after beating Sabalenka again was off base.

Some of Gauff's double faults were really ugly - her upper, and lower body were just going in different directions at the same time.

Gauff, Pegula, Qinwen out.

Zverev out.

I said that they did Eala dirty by putting her against Krejcikova first round. She's a year or two away from being ready for prime time.

For me Shelton in straight sets is surprising.

I'm not surprised about Joint. Eala lost that match more than Joint won it.

Mboko who got into the MD as a LL won in straights.

Glad to see Gaël get through. I always felt that if he had taken his career a bit more seriously early on he could've maybe won a Slam.

I wasn't able to watch any matches today. I'll explain why in Random, random.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 8:53 pm Seeing as how Gauff did not really play well at Roland Garros besides competing incredibly hard, her disintegration on a surface that exposes her two glaring weaknesses was predictable against a streaky power player who can get really hot.

Gauff will be fine because she has a fantastic head on her shoulders and a great support group, but she still has a lot of work to do on her game. The American media idea that she had arrived after beating Sabalenka again was off base.

A player that age 21 already has 2 slams and multiple Slam qf's has not arrived?
That is a bit tough. She is ranked #2, has the above trophies and for sure will add a few more. But it seems to me that we are still under the spell that anybody that does not produce Serena/Steffi/Martina/Chris numbers has yet to achieve much.
C'mon, she has arrived. Is she invincible? Nah, precisely for the reasons you mention (she does have weaknesses).

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:48 pm ...

Glad to see Gaël get through. I always felt that if he had taken his career a bit more seriously early on he could've maybe won a Slam.

I wasn't able to watch any matches today. I'll explain why in Random, random.

The man has been a serious enjoyment and an asset for tennis for almost two decades.
But yes, he has underachieved. That he has never even reached a slam final is amazing to me, seeing what an incredible athlete he is (tennis and otherwise).